Stuccolike siding for building purposes.



A. APPLEGATE.

STUCCOLIKE SIDING FOR BUILDING PURPOSES.

APPLICATION f iLEn 10u21. 1914.

Patented May 4, 1915.

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ADDISON APPLEGATE, OIF` LIBERTY, NEW YORK.

STUCCOLIKIE SIDING FOR BUILDING- PURPOSES.

Application filed July 21, 1914;.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDISON APPLEGA'I'E., a citizen of the United States, residing at Liberty, in the county of Sullivan and State of New York, have invented certain neW and useful Improvements in Stuccolike Siding forBuilding Purposes,lof which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming'a part hereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a substitute for the usual stucco finish of buildings, which shall be equally durable, much less expensive, both in materials and in labor, and practically indistinguishable in appearance. As is Well known, the ordinary stucco is mixed somewhat like mortar and is applied with suitable tools to metal `lath which has been previously prepared and nailed to the side' of the building. Not only does such stucco Work involve the very con siderable expense of providing and' applying the metal lath, but it requires a very considerable quantity of stucco in order that there may be formed a sufficient body to prevent the showing throughofthe metal lath and to afford a proper amount of clenchei` to secure the stucco to the metal lath. Even when the stucco is properly applied and in sufficient body vda'mpness frequently penetrates the stucco and causes rusting of the metal lath and dampness in the Wall. By the present invention the use: of metal lath is Wholly avoided, permanent adhesion of the stucco to the base is assured, the penetration of dampness (which causes dry-rot of timber) is prevented, a much smaller quan-- tity of stucco 'is required, and the labor necessary in applying it is greatly reduced.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which it is illustrated, and in Which- Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a stucco-like sidingconstructed in accordance with the invention, some of the layers being partly removed in order to show other layers behind them. Fig. 2 is a section on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of the invention and the construction of the improved siding there is first provided a fibrous base a, which is preferably a fabric of some kind, like a tough paper, which is made Water-proof, preferably by saturation with a suitable Water- Specication of Letters Patent.l

v Patented May 4, MM5. serial No. 852,131.

pitchy nature, which is both Water-proof and strongly adhesive, and While such coating is in a soft or tacky condition, preferably While hot, there is applied a granular coating or layer c, preferably of sharp, finey gravel or crushed stone, the purpose of such layer or coating c, being to form a binding surface upon the Water-proof base, with which the layer of stucco e may make a close and permanent union. When the base has been .thus prepared it is secured, as by nailing at frequent intervals, preferably with galvanized nails, upon the usual rough board siding. The base may be previously prepared at any convenient point and delivered on the job in sheets or rolls. As it is nailed upon the board siding, strips d of Water-proof material, like the tarred paper base, are placed under the butt joints of the adjacent sheets of the prepared base a, b, c .in order thatno dampnessv may penetrate the finished siding. Thereafter the stucco e, a suitable cementitious mixture, colored as desired, is applied to the water-proof base in any suitable manner, as with a brush or with a trowel. The thickness of the coat of stucco is but slight as compared With theJthickness of the ordinary stucco and Will, be varied to suitl different conditions of use, being in ordinary cases, perhaps one-eighth of an inch in thickness, more or less. The surface of the stucco coat may receive any desired treatment, like ordinary stucco, being smoothed or brushed or stippled, or treated 'comprises a series of composite sheets each composed of a base of water-proof,I fabric, a pitchy Water-procf coatingA thereon and a granular coatingapplied tothe pitchy coatl mesme ing to form a binding surface upon the on the building by means of nails placed at Water-proof base, Strips of water-proof fabfrequent intervals. l0 ric disposed respectively under the butt This specication si ed and witnessed joints of the adjacent composite sheets, and this 18 day of July, A; 1914.

a comparatively thin and continuous sur- ADDISON APPLEGATE.

face coating of stucco applied on the gran- Signed inthe presence ofular coating, said composite sheet and strips HARRY M. BECK,

of Water-proof fabric being secured in place WmfroN J. THOMPSON. 

